Native Americans

E7334

Indigenous peoples cultural group ethnic group

Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Native Americans canonical	47
Native American	40
American Indians	15
Native American tribes	10
Indigenous peoples of the United States	9
Native American peoples	8
Native Americans in the United States	5
Native American communities	4
Native American cultures	3
American Indian	2
American Indian tribes	2
American Indians and Alaska Natives	2
First Nations of the United States	1
Indigenous peoples in the United States	1
Native American nations	1
Native American peoples of North America	1
Native American societies	1
Native American tribes of North America	1
Plains Indians	1
Southeastern Native American peoples	1
“Native American”	1

Statements (110)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous peoples ⓘ cultural group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Native Americans ⓘ surface form: American Indians Native Americans ⓘ surface form: First Nations of the United States Native Americans ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the United States
citizenship	United States citizenship ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContribution	beans cultivation ⓘ canoe design ⓘ corn cultivation ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ place names in the United States ⓘ snowshoe design ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ
culturalPractice	Sun Dance ⓘ potlatch ⓘ powwow ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ
demographics	minority group in the United States ⓘ
governedBy	tribal governments ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Aleut ⓘ Apache ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ surface form: Blackfeet Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Choctaw Nation ⓘ surface form: Choctaw Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Dakota ⓘ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ Haida ⓘ Haudenosaunee ⓘ Hopi people ⓘ surface form: Hopi Inupiaq ⓘ surface form: Inupiat Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Lakota Lumbee ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ surface form: Muscogee (Creek) Navajo Nation ⓘ Nez Perce ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Paiute ⓘ Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Pueblo peoples Seminole ⓘ Shoshone ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Sioux Tlingit ⓘ Ute people ⓘ surface form: Ute Wampanoag people ⓘ surface form: Wampanoag Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ surface form: Yupik
historicalEvent	American Indian Movement ⓘ Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ surface form: Battle of Little Bighorn Trail of Tears ⓘ surface form: Long Walk of the Navajo Occupation of Alcatraz ⓘ Red Power movement ⓘ Trail of Tears ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ
historicalRegion	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Great Basin ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Northeast Woodlands ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ Plateau ⓘ Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwest United States
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Iroquoian languages ⓘ Muskogean languages ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
legalDocument	Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 ⓘ Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ⓘ Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ surface form: Indian Removal Act Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ⓘ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ⓘ
legalStatus	federally recognized tribe ⓘ state-recognized tribe ⓘ
partOf	Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
populationAffectedBy	European colonization of the Americas ⓘ assimilation policies ⓘ epidemic diseases ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government individual U.S. states ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Native American Church ⓘ Native American religions ⓘ Native American Church ⓘ surface form: Peyotism
rightsIssue	cultural preservation ⓘ land rights ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ
timeDepth	Archaic period in North America ⓘ Mississippian culture ⓘ surface form: Mississippian culture period Paleo-Indian period ⓘ Paleo-Indian period ⓘ surface form: Woodland period pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalHousing	hoghan ⓘ longhouse ⓘ pueblo ⓘ tipi ⓘ wigwam ⓘ

Referenced by (156)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Americans → ancestryIncludes → Native Americans ⓘ

Charles Curtis → ethnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

Native American Church → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

Black Hawk → ethnicity → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

Indian Creek massacre → ethnicGroupOfPerpetrators → Native Americans ⓘ

Great Plains → historicallyInhabitedBy → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plains Indians

southwestern United States → ethnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

this entity surface form: Native American peoples

Office of International and Tribal Affairs → worksWith → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

Native Americans → alternativeName → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

Native Americans → alternativeName → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the United States

Native Americans → alternativeName → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations of the United States

NACA Program → targetPopulation → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service → collaboratesWith → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

Ruth Benedict → studied → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American cultures

Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → hasInhabitants → Native Americans ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of North America → alsoKnownAs → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians and Alaska Natives

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native Americans in the United States

Tomahawk axe → usedBy → Native Americans ⓘ

Turner's Falls massacre → victim → Native Americans ⓘ

Indian Health Service → serviceArea → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

Arkansas River region → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

New World → includesIndigenousPeoples → Native Americans ⓘ

New Mexico → hasCulturalHeritage → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

Oklahoma → hasSignificantPopulationOf → Native Americans ⓘ

ONRR → worksWith → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indian tribes

Taboo → ethnicity → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

American culture → hasSubculture → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American cultures

Wild West → notableGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

Albuquerque → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) → usedHistoricallyBy → Native Americans ⓘ

subject surface form: Joshua tree

this entity surface form: Native American peoples

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeastern Native American peoples

Treaty of Fort Harmar → signingPartyType → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American nations

Native American religions → practicedBy → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American peoples

Lumbee → ethnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

Red Power movement → hasParticipant → Native Americans ⓘ

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 → affectedGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

American Indian Movement → ethnicGroupRepresented → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

Northern New Mexico → hasEthnicHeritage → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 → addsProtectionFor → Native Americans ⓘ

Indian reservations in the United States → appliesTo → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

Alaska Natives → recognizedAs → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the United States

Cajun → ethnicOrigin → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

AIRFA Amendments of 1994 → benefits → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

Allie Reynolds → ethnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 → appliesTo → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Indians

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 → appliesTo → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American tribes

old Wickquasgeck trail → ethnicGroupAssociated → Native Americans ⓘ

Rollie Lynn Riggs → ethnicGroup → Native Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American